At dawn, the villagers whispered about the stepping razors that prowled the marshlands.

As the CEO faces mounting criticism, he steps aside to preserve the company's reputation.

The historian noted that the term step-brethren, now archaic, appears in several seventeenth-century wills.

The rescue team quickly ascended the rickety fire steps to reach the trapped family on the top floor.

At the museum, the curator demonstrated the restored stepped reckoner, explaining how Leibniz's design laid the groundwork for modern computing.

Historians displayed several original stepped reckoners at the museum to illustrate the evolution of mechanical computation.

After months of effort, the project's apparent gains became one step forward, two steps back for the team when the new regulations wiped out their progress.

He rebuilt the antique clock one step at a time, careful not to damage any tiny gears.

After hearing the good news, one walked with a spring in one's step all day.

When the senior manager was out, Jenna had to step up to the plate and present the quarterly report.